He Will Tweet 4 U: How Prince Proved He Has a Sense of Humor

For a while, tweeters and Purple Rain fans had nothing more than the the hilarious and surprisingly accurate parody account of the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince that locked in the appropriate handle PrinceTweets2U. But on August 13, the account for Prince's band 3rd Eye Girl was blessed with the presence of the legend. Every day since has been a dream. Prince's Twitter account is so good, so self-aware, it's almost hard to believe it's real.

Prince has always been ripe for parody--he's an eccentric rock 'n' roll artist who wears ruffled shirts, has changed his name to nothing more than an unpronounceable symbol, used this as an album cover. He's larger than life and has a personality as bold and brazen as his music. From Dave Chappelle on The Chappelle Show to Fred Armisen on SNL, the Prince the Character has provided material for some of the best comedic moments on television.

With such a force of personality, it's exciting to see the performer be as self-aware as he has proven to be in his first few days of Twitter. After two introductory "test tweets" that merely announced his presence on the site, followers became pretty skeptical after a third tweet included a pretty ridiculous picture of his peppered-up dinner.

It almost seemed as if the genius behind PrinceTweets2U had gained control of the 3rdeyegirl account and decided to have some fun, especially since the graphic seems ripped right from some of the parody accounts best and most minimal tweets.

Soon after his debut Prince was verified and started to have some real fun after dipping into his probably exploding @replies, retweeting fans, and even responding to some. Even hip-hop's most mutually supportive queen Missy Elliot was shown some retweet love after giving him a shout out.